Patents by Inventor Nathan Daniel Gruber

Nathan Daniel Gruber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190322456
    Abstract: A carriage assembly for a transport system includes a first body and a second body configured to moveably couple to a beam defining a transport path. The carriage assembly also includes a carrier coupled to the first body and the second body. The carrier is configured to support a container such that the carriage assembly transports the container along the transport path. The carriage assembly further includes a drive system coupled to at least one of the first body and the second body. The drive system is configured to move the carriage assembly along the transport path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Edwin Eugene Propp, Michael A. Logsdon, Laura Michelle Reamer, James P. Johnson, Simon Andrew Odland, Larry Gene Anderson, Christopher Andrew Carrigan, Nathan Daniel Gruber
  • Patent number: 6336828
    Abstract: An automatic power docking mechanism for establishing a power connection between a computer electronic subsystem and a power distribution board within a computer chassis is provided. In one embodiment, the power docking mechanism includes power pads electrically coupled to a power distribution board and a housing with slotted openings secured over the power pads. The housing's slotted openings are configured to receive power bus bars from a computer subsystem and hold the bus bars in contact with the power pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Luis Huerta, Nathan Daniel Gruber, Bruce Edwin Baker